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"Forgiveness is giving up hope that the past could have been any different"- Oprah

It's no secret that I'm a fan of Oprah. It's more of a love hate relationship, because she inspires and annoys me at the same time. When she first said this to two girls who were raped their whole life by their brothers and father, I was appalled because this didn't seem like the right thing to say.

But then she said, "It doesn't condone what they've done.  It allows you to move on and let the past be the past."

I can't imagine that these words alone will help these two women, but it puts a perspective on how we operate our minds when we think we have nothing else to look forward to.

So there you go. The past is the past. It couldn't have been any different.